By CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Hoosiers lost 66-60 to the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday night at Williams Arena. WHY IT HAPPENED: Deandre Mathieu torched the Hoosiers throughout the night and clinched it with a late drive and finish. The diminutive point guard had 16 points and […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Tom Crean doesn’t care about winning ugly when it comes to how his Hoosiers look on the basketball court. He doesn’t care if viewers shield their eyes or if things get messy over the course of a 40-minute affair in the Big Ten, just that his players […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Yogi Ferrell, the Big Ten’s third-leading scorer, has been ineffective lately at the start of games, and then going to work later on. It was the same story Sunday: He shot 0-for-2 in the opening half and then finished with a team-high 17 points as the Hoosiers […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor Here are three observations gleaned from Indiana’s 71-66 loss at Michigan State: 1). Inefficient point guard play While Yogi Ferrell’s scoring was solid, Michigan State limited his floor game to three assists with three turnovers. For the third game in a row, Ferrell had a cold start, scoring five points in […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Hoosiers fell to the Michigan State Spartans 71-66 on Tuesday night at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center. WHY IT HAPPENED: Gary Harris owns the Hoosiers, and he finished with 24 points and five steals to lead No. 3 Michigan State (18-1) to […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Part of the reason the Hoosiers have failed to play consistent basketball this season has been their inability to stay out of their own way, whether with poor ball security, lineups that yo-yo back and forth, missing secondary help assignments or lapses in focus and technique. As […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor/ The Sports Xchange BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – First-year coach Chris Collins kept waiting for Northwestern to discover an identity. The Wildcats began the year with hopes of a first-ever NCAA tournament berth, then saw a brutal offense quickly put their season on the ropes. Collins delivered a hard message, one that […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After playing 11 minutes against Notre Dame and then 17 against Penn State when Jeremy Hollowell was removed from the rotation, the Hoosiers’ Austin Etherington seemed a likely candidate for a progression of playing time as Indiana figures out a lot of things about its personnel. Indeed, […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Hoosiers were up one with 40 seconds to go and the shot clock running down. Evan Gordon dribbled outside. Based on common sense, pretty much everyone at Assembly Hall figured the ball would eventually wind up in the hands of Yogi Ferrell. But the Hoosiers’ star […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Editor As the college basketball season moves along, coaches tend to shorten their rotations as they get a better feel for their rosters and which players deserve more time on the court. That process came to light when Tom Crean decided to bench Jeremy Hollowell for Saturday’s win at Penn State. […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Co-Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Luke Fischer’s college career started in forgettable fashion. His shoulder hurt, and his numbers were nonexistent. He made four shots – most in garbage time – and had just 13 points through eight games. But, as is always the case with freshmen, the impact gets better with […]
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